{"id":1614,"date":"2008-02-18T11:10:48","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T17:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2008-02-18T11:10:48","modified_gmt":"2008-02-18T17:10:48","slug":"video-from-end-of-saturdays-tiger-uab-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/18\/video-from-end-of-saturdays-tiger-uab-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Video from end of Saturday’s Tiger-UAB game"},"content":{"rendered":"

MyFoxMemphis.com<\/a> has unedited video of the end of the Memphis Tigers vs. UAB game Saturday night, where the Tigers came from behind to win 79-78.\u00a0 UAB appeared to make a game-winning shot at the last second.\u00a0 On TV it was obvious that the shot went off after the buzzer, but was perhaps not so apparent to the crowd in attendance, especially with emotions among UAB fans running high at the prospect of knocking off #1.<\/p>\n

On the video you can see UAB students and fans pelting the Tigers with all sorts of debris as they walked to the locker room.\u00a0 Someone told me Shawn Taggart got hit in the nose by a bottle.\u00a0 Thank goodness the staff was able to restrain Dorsey, as that would have been the end of his college career (and probably the Tigers’ title hopes) if he had made it into the stands.<\/p>\n

#2 Duke lost last night.\u00a0 That makes Saturday’s Memphis vs. Tennessee game mean even more, as #4 Tennessee will likely move up to #2 today (#3 Kansas also lost in the past week).\u00a0 So we’ll have a #1 vs. #2 showdown Saturday night at the FedExForum.<\/p>\n

It’s already being discussed… if we lose, how far will we fall in the rankings?\u00a0 Some people are asking whether we’ll still be in the top 10.\u00a0 Come on, it won’t be that bad.\u00a0 Realistically, I think we’d drop to #4 with a loss.\u00a0 Personally, I think we should only drop to #2 if we lose, since our only loss would have come to the team who would then be #1.\u00a0 I know better than to expect coaches and sports writers across the country to view Memphis in that positive a light though.<\/p>\n

Of course, the best way to avoid that scenario altogether is to win the game!\u00a0 GO TIGERS!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"